Citation: YANG Xiao-Hong, TONG Qin, LIU Chang, LIU Jin-Ku, HE Wen-Zhi, LI Guang-Ming. Photocatalytic Properties of Aluminum Doped Zinc Oxide Nanocrystals Controlled Prepared via a Synergistic Ultrasonic/Hydrothermal Technique[J]. Acta Physico-Chimica Sinica, ;2012, 28(11): 2713-2720. doi: 10.3866/PKU.WHXB201207163 shu

Photocatalytic Properties of Aluminum Doped Zinc Oxide Nanocrystals Controlled Prepared via a Synergistic Ultrasonic/Hydrothermal Technique

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1. Department of Chemistry, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, P.R. China;
2. 2Department of Chemistry, Chizhou University, Chizhou 247000, Anhui Province, P.R. China;
3. School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, P.R. China

Received Date: 17 May 2012
Available Online: 16 July 2012
Fund Project: 国家自然科学基金(21071024) (21071024)污染控制与资源化研究国家重点实验室开放课题(PCRRF11019)资助 (PCRRF11019)

Aluminum doped zinc oxide (ZAO) nanocrystals approximately 20 nm in diameter and with od dispersity and crystallinity were efficiently synthesized through a synergistic combination of ultrasonic and hydrothermal methods. The morphologies, structures, and optical properties of these nanocrystals, as well as the thermochemistry of the precursor, were determined using transmission electron microscopy (TEM), powder X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, ultraviolet-visible (UV-Vis) spectroscopy, and thermogravimetric-differential thermal analysis (TG-DTA). ZAO nanocrystals were investigated with regard to the photocatalysis of rhodamine B (RhB) in solution, including studies of degradation rates and catalysis mechanism. It was found that both the particle size and crystallinity of the material can be controlled through the ultrasonic/hydrothermal synergetic effect. The main absorption peak of the product in a typical UV-Vis spectrum appeared at ~369 nm and its energy band gap was determined to be 3.36 eV. The ZAO produced by this method exhibits enhanced photocatalytic activity; compared to catalysis by materials produced solely by ultrasonic or hydrothermal routes, the degradation time of an RhB solution is reduced by 77.8%. In addition, it was found that this ZAO photocatalyst may be recycled and used more than once.
- Ultrasonic route,
- Hydrothermal route,
- Aluminum doped zinc oxide,
- Nanocrystal,
- Photocatalysis
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